Occupied Minds
Philosophical Reflections on Zionism, Anti-Zionism and the Jewish Prison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19517872 |
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| Authors | Oren Ben-Dor (Reader in the Philosophy of Law School of Law Southampton University Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-62 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holy Land Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-9475 • E-ISSN: 1750-0125 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/hls.2012.0028 |
| OpenAlex | W2053747765 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article employs philosophical existentialism to argue that anti-Zionism as currently configured avoid's existential pathologies of political Zionism – pathologies that pertain to Jewish being and thinking. Such anti-Zionism, whether advocated by secular or orthodox Jews, is complicit with the preservation of the same existential denial that imprisons the minds of Zionists – denial that has the collective stake of preserving these pathologies. The truncated discourses of anti-Semitism and ‘Jewish self-hatred’ are examined and critiqued. The article also calls for a bold assessment and reconfiguration of anti-Zionism and its transformation into a genuine and effective ethical discourse that can challenge and liberate current Jewish mental imprisonment
Anti-Zionism · Criminology · Denial · Existentialism · Hatred · Imprisonment · Jewish studies · Judaism · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Zionism · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Religious studies · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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